Enrollment in elementary, secondary, and degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level and control of institution, enrollment level, and attendance status and sex of student: Selected years, fall 1990 through fall 2026

[In thousands]

Level and control of institution, enrollment level, and attendance status and sex of student

Actual

Projected

1990

2000

2010

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

All levels

60,683

68,685

75,886

75,843

75,740

76,044

76,304

76,580

76,957

77,425

77,875

78,244

78,637

78,963

79,218

79,465

Elementary and secondary schools1

46,864

53,373

54,867

55,635

55,763

55,859

55,891

55,892

55,947

56,079

56,216

56,356

56,513

56,632

56,715

56,834

Public

41,217

47,204

49,484

50,313

50,485

50,625

50,710

50,759

50,843

50,996

51,152

51,301

51,455

51,562

51,632

51,738

Private

5,648

2

6,169

2

5,382

2

5,323

2

5,278

5,234

5,181

5,133

5,104

5,083

5,064

5,055

5,058

5,070

5,083

5,096

Prekindergarten to

grade 8

34,388

38,592

38,708

39,358

39,363

39,432

39,440

39,446

39,502

39,516

39,494

39,523

39,697

39,884

40,077

40,304

Public3

29,876

33,686

34,625

35,370

35,414

35,514

35,562

35,593

35,657

35,667

35,639

35,660

35,815

35,982

36,156

36,362

Private

4,512

2

4,906

2

4,084

2

3,988

2

3,949

3,918

3,879

3,852

3,845

3,849

3,855

3,863

3,882

3,902

3,921

3,942

Grades 9 to 12

12,476

14,781

16,159

16,277

16,400

16,427

16,451

16,447

16,445

16,563

16,722

16,833

16,816

16,748

16,637

16,530

Public3,4

11,341

13,517

14,860

14,943

15,070

15,111

15,148

15,166

15,186

15,329

15,513

15,641

15,640

15,579

15,476

15,376

Private

1,136

2

1,264

2

1,299

2

1,334

2

1,329

1,316

1,303

1,281

1,259

1,234

1,210

1,192

1,176

1,169

1,161

1,154

Degree-granting postsecondary institutions

13,819

15,312

21,019

20,207

19,977

5

20,185

20,413

20,688

21,009

21,346

21,659

21,888

22,124

22,331

22,504

22,631

Undergraduate

11,959

13,155

18,082

17,293

17,037

5

17,269

17,462

17,696

17,967

18,245

18,502

18,690

18,891

19,075

19,232

19,349

Full-time

6,976

7,923

11,457

10,784

10,605

5

10,723

10,870

11,004

11,161

11,341

11,498

11,601

11,725

11,829

11,898

11,945

Part-time

4,983

5,232

6,625

6,509

6,432

5

6,546

6,591

6,692

6,806

6,904

7,005

7,090

7,166

7,246

7,334

7,404

Male

5,380

5,778

7,836

7,586

7,500

5

7,619

7,628

7,708

7,810

7,918

8,017

8,086

8,160

8,229

8,286

8,328

Female

6,579

7,377

10,246

9,707

9,537

5

9,650

9,834

9,988

10,157

10,328

10,486

10,604

10,731

10,846

10,946

11,021

2-year

5,240

5,948

7,684

6,714

6,491

5

6,969

7,034

7,136

7,251

7,354

7,455

7,537

7,619

7,697

7,774

7,831

4-year

6,719

7,207

10,399

10,578

10,546

5

10,300

10,428

10,560

10,716

10,891

11,048

11,153

11,272

11,378

11,458

11,519

Public

9,710

10,539

13,703

13,245

13,146

5

13,433

13,575

13,759

13,971

14,184

14,383

14,531

14,687

14,832

14,959

15,054

Private

2,250

2,616

4,379

4,048

3,891

5

3,836

3,887

3,937

3,996

4,061

4,119

4,159

4,204

4,243

4,273

4,295

Postbaccalaureate

1,860

2,157

2,937

2,915

2,940

5

2,916

2,951

2,992

3,042

3,101

3,157

3,198

3,234

3,256

3,271

3,282

Full-time

845

1,087

1,630

1,670

1,686

5

1,673

1,693

1,712

1,738

1,773

1,804

1,825

1,845

1,852

1,852

1,852

Part-time

1,015

1,070

1,307

1,244

1,255

5

1,243

1,258

1,280

1,304

1,328

1,353

1,372

1,389

1,404

1,420

1,431

Male

904

944

1,209

1,211

1,222

5

1,236

1,241

1,254

1,272

1,294

1,314

1,328

1,339

1,345

1,348

1,350

Female

955

1,213

1,728

1,703

1,719

5

1,680

1,710

1,738

1,770

1,807

1,842

1,869

1,894

1,911

1,923

1,933

1 Includes enrollments in local public school systems and in most private schools (religiously affiliated and nonsectarian). Excludes homeschooled children who were not also enrolled in public and private schools. Private elementary enrollment includes preprimary students in schools offering kindergarten or higher grades.

2 Estimated.

3 Includes prorated proportion of students classified as ungraded. The total ungraded counts of students were prorated to the elementary level (prekindergarten to grade 8) and the secondary level (grades 9 to 12) based on prior reports.

4 In addition to students in grades 9 to 12 and ungraded secondary students, includes a small number of students reported as being enrolled in grade 13.

5 Data are actual.

NOTE: Postsecondary data for 1990 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.